1904labs was born from a dilemma. Mike Weaver, Senior Director of IT Product Development at Monsanto, wanted to hire some of the most creative and innovative software developers in the industry. The problem was that creative developers tend to be drawn to startups...

At 1904labs, code reviews are an integral part of our process. We strongly encourage every team to make reviews part of their Agile Team Agreements. We recognize the importance of code reviews – not only to the product we deliver to the client, but also to the growth...

For years companies have collected mass amounts of “big data”. Today to remain competitive organizations are doing all they can to operationalize that data. To support organizations in their journey of capitalizing on the benefits of a modern data, 1904labs has...

As we continue to grow we need more people to act in leadership roles at 1904labs. The leadership roles can be at the team, practice and/or company wide level. As such, we worked together across the company to define what we mean when we use the term “Leader” at...

Any professional working in the Geospatial domain is inherently familiar with ESRI and their software. They were already the established GIS juggernaut well before I dipped my toe into the Geospatial discipline for the first time in 2003. However, my current position...

In the last few years, software development teams have had a revolution in which teams are exponentially accelerating the rate at which they develop software. One key factor in this revolution is the concepts of continuous integration and continuous delivery. In order...

I’ve always been a “why” type of person. Why did this work? Why did it not? Who broke the last build? Yes, sometimes it was me…. In my career, I started off writing native Android applications, then transitioned to backend development with the Spring framework....